CYL Picks: Heath’s List

Heath isn’t technically part of the CYL team but in order to provide some representation of the male YA reader we’ve adopted him from Reader Development. But some of you may have met Heath in his regional travels advising teachers and librarians about the wonders of insideadog and ergo, both fabulous State Library of Victoria free online resources.

Fave for the year:

The Extraordinaires, Michael Pryor (Random House)

This fast paced action adventure captures the spirit of Edwardian adventure novels with a contemporary twist.

Anticipated in 2012:

The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green (Penguin)

I’m a recent convert to the nerdfighting world, but I’m very curious to see him write a female protagonist.